Where can I get the directX 8 headers and libraries for compiling?
Microsoft has a 123 meg file: directX 8.1 C++ SDK, of which you only need 1% (~1.3 meg). MS’s licencing agreement does not want me to distribute them, sorry. So you can download that massive file, if you want. However, you can now get the needed headers and library files from http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/packages/index.html (If you download from bloodshed, above, you don’t need this next item) Peter Puck has some stuff, but I think his site is not up anymore. I am now posting his directX 8 library files from my download page. It is already included in the package by bloodshed, though. Or you can use the Microsoft libraries, but some renaming or editing the mame:analog+ makefile would be needed. Derrick Renaud has contributed cleaned up header files that you can download from the download page. They are copied over the files in the mingw/include with the same name, and remove the annoying warnings that the standard directX headers produce. Thanks Derrick!
